A286185 Number of connected induced (non-null) subgraphs of the Möbius ladder graph with 2n nodes.

3, 15, 55, 173, 511, 1451, 4019, 10937, 29371, 78055, 205679, 538149, 1399607, 3621315, 9327723, 23931633, 61186163, 155949119, 396369831, 1004904733, 2541896559, 6416348251, 16165611043, 40657256617, 102090514731, 255968753175, 640899345631, 1602640560533

Offset

1,1

Links

Andrew Howroyd, Table of n, a(n) for n = 1..200

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Möbius Ladder

Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics, Vertex-Induced Subgraph

Formula

a(n) = 6*a(n-1) - 11*a(n-2) + 4*a(n-3) + 5*a(n-4) - 2*a(n-5) - a(n-6), for n>6 (conjectured).

a(n) = 1/4*((1-sqrt(2))^n*(4-3*sqrt(2)*n) + (1+sqrt(2))^n*(4+3*sqrt(2)*n)) - 1 - n (conjectured). - Eric W. Weisstein, May 08 2017

a(n) = Lucas(n, 2) + 3*n*Fibonacci(n, 2) - n - 1, where Lucas(n, 2) = A002203(n) and Fibonacci(n, 2) = A000129(n) (conjectured). - Eric W. Weisstein, May 08 2017

G.f. (subject to the above conjectures. In fact all three conjectures are equivalent): (3*x-3*x^2-2*x^3-4*x^4+3*x^5-x^6)/(1-3*x+x^2+x^3)^2. - Robert Israel, May 08 2017

Mathematica

a[n_] := Block[{g = CirculantGraph[2 n, {1, n}]}, -1 + ParallelSum[ Boole@ ConnectedGraphQ@ Subgraph[g, s], {s, Subsets@ Range[2 n]}]]; Array[a, 8]

Crossrefs

Cf. A020873 (wheel), A059020 (ladder), A059525 (grid), A286139 (king), A286182 (prism), A286183 (antiprism), A286184 (helm), A286186 (friendship), A286187 (web), A286188 (gear), A286189 (rook), A285765 (queen).

Sequence in context: A117960 A176288 A119113 * A152896 A007973 A382614

Adjacent sequences: A286182 A286183 A286184 * A286186 A286187 A286188

Keyword

nonn

Author

Giovanni Resta, May 04 2017

Extensions

a(17)-a(28) from Andrew Howroyd, May 20 2017

Status

approved